Angela Duckworth Quotes

I'm not a policy oriented person. I'm constrained to what I study. But educational policy has not yet taken adequate note of the whole child. Kids are not just their IQ or standardized test scores. It matters whether or not they show up, how hard they work.

Angela Duckworth

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WorkChildPersonTestMattersHard

When the cause is just, and there's been injustice, then it's easy to kind of galvanize your emotions and confront a guy.

Jesse Watters

EasyInjusticeEmotionsKindGuy

The more intelligent the storytelling becomes and the deeper the character development, people will realize in film and television, like they do in real life, that human beings possess both good and bad.

Robert LaSardo

LifeGoodCharacterPeopleBad

My indifference to money and my spendthrift ways are disgraceful. You have no idea how reckless I am; how often I practically throw money out of the window. I am always making good resolutions, but the next minute I forget and give the waiter eightpence.

Robert Schumann

GoodMoneyI AmWindowYouForget

Memorizing a playbook is like memorizing a script. When they change the script at the last minute it's like changing a play in a game.

Michael Strahan

ChangeGamePlayLastChangingLike

His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed.

Willie Morris

HomeDeepGhostsWithoutMustClaim

My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

Shawn Johnson

LifeMeCalmNormalGroundedOther

You have to understand that teaching online is different, just like movies are different from the stage and TV is different from radio.

Sebastian Thrun

YouMoviesUnderstandStageRadio

I really like my first movie a lot, 'Kicking and Screaming.' I think it's a - I'm very pleased and proud of that movie, but it wasn't the - it wasn't 'Citizen Kane' right out of the box, you know? It wasn't 'Sex, Lies and Videotape.'

Noah Baumbach

ProudThinkYouSexKnowCitizen

If you don't like to be hit, you're in the wrong sport.

Mark Hunt

YouWrongLikeHitSport

If I had intended for 'Minecraft' to end up on consoles, I wouldn't have developed the game in Java. The decision to port the game to consoles came from a combination of player requests, a desire to play around with the brand on different platforms, and some interesting business deals.

Markus Persson

BusinessDecisionGameBrandEndUp

We eat all organic at home, so if we're running around and the kids want a hot dog or pretzel, I'll get it for them.

Kelly Rutherford

DogHomeWantHotEatOrganic

I think it is important to speak out.

Kofi Annan

SpeakThinkImportantOutI Think

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